Amending the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Labor of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate, Eighty-fourth Congress, Second Session on S. 662 [and Others] |
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... Senator DOUGLAS . With these brief introductory remarks , which I feel may help set the stage for these 1956 minimum wage hearings , I am going to ask the distinguished junior Senator from Massachusetts , Senator Kennedy , to make a ...
... Senator DOUGLAS . With these brief introductory remarks , which I feel may help set the stage for these 1956 minimum wage hearings , I am going to ask the distinguished junior Senator from Massachusetts , Senator Kennedy , to make a ...
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... Senator DOUGLAS . I think that 16 - cent minimum was established in Arkansas over 40 years ago ; isn't that true ? And it has not been increased since that time . Mr. MEANY . Yes . It hasn't been changed as far as I know . The record of ...
... Senator DOUGLAS . I think that 16 - cent minimum was established in Arkansas over 40 years ago ; isn't that true ? And it has not been increased since that time . Mr. MEANY . Yes . It hasn't been changed as far as I know . The record of ...
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... Senator DOUGLAS . Senator Kennedy ? Senator KENNEDY . One of the arguments against extending the coverage would be that it would create unemployment in some of these marginal industries . I gather that it is your opinion that- Mr. MEANY ...
... Senator DOUGLAS . Senator Kennedy ? Senator KENNEDY . One of the arguments against extending the coverage would be that it would create unemployment in some of these marginal industries . I gather that it is your opinion that- Mr. MEANY ...
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... Senator LEHMAN . I recall that there was opposition even to legisla- tion that led to more efficient factory ... DOUGLAS . Any further questions , Seinator ? Senator LEHMAN . I have no further questions . Thank you . Senator DOUGLAS ...
... Senator LEHMAN . I recall that there was opposition even to legisla- tion that led to more efficient factory ... DOUGLAS . Any further questions , Seinator ? Senator LEHMAN . I have no further questions . Thank you . Senator DOUGLAS ...
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... Senator DOUGLAS . Therefore , the percentage of the trade would be greater than the percentage of the employees ? Mr. RUTTENBERG . Yes . For example , in my statement I do have some figures that deal with this problem , Senator ...
... Senator DOUGLAS . Therefore , the percentage of the trade would be greater than the percentage of the employees ? Mr. RUTTENBERG . Yes . For example , in my statement I do have some figures that deal with this problem , Senator ...
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Page 6 - Produced means produced, manufactured, mined, handled, or in any other manner worked on in any State; and for the purposes of this Act an employee shall be deemed to have been engaged in the production of goods if such employee was employed in producing, manufacturing, mining, handling, transporting, or in any other manner working on such goods, or in any process or occupation necessary to the production thereof, in any State.
Page 667 - FINDING AND DECLARATION OF POLICY SEC. 2. (a) The Congress hereby finds that the existence, in industries engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, of labor conditions detrimental to the maintenance of the minimum standard of living necessary for health, efficiency, and general wellbeing of workers...
Page 1 - ... (1) causes commerce and the channels and instrumentalities of commerce to be used to spread and perpetuate such labor conditions among the workers of the several States; (2) burdens commerce and the free flow of goods in commerce; (3) constitutes an unfair method of competition in commerce; (4) leads to labor disputes burdening and obstructing commerce and the free flow of goods in commerce; and (5) interferes with the orderly and fair marketing of goods in commerce.
Page 7 - ... (1) the employment of learners, of apprentices, and of messengers employed primarily in delivering letters and messages, under special certificates issued pursuant to regulations of the Administrator, at such wages lower than the minimum wage applicable under section 6 and subject to such limitations as to time, number, proportion, and length of service as the Administrator shall prescribe...
Page 14 - The amendments made by this Act shall take effect upon the expiration of one...
Page 8 - In connection with the production or harvesting of any commodity defined as an agricultural commodity in section 15 (g) of the Agricultural Marketing Act, as amended, or in connection with the ginning of cotton, or in connection with the operation or maintenance...
Page 6 - Except as otherwise provided in this section, no employer shall employ any of his employees who is engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce for a workweek longer than forty hours, unless such employee receives compensation for his employment in excess of the hours above specified at a rate not less than one and one-half times the regular rate at which he is employed.
Page 370 - The provisions of sections 6 and 7 shall not apply with respect to ( 1 ) any employee employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, professional, or local retailing capacity, or in the capacity of outside salesman (as such terms are defined and delimited by regulations of the Administrator...
Page 38 - ... or in any other manner worked on in any State; and for the purposes of this Act an employee shall be deemed to have been engaged in the production of goods if such employee was employed in producing, manufacturing, mining, handling, transporting, or in any other manner working on such goods, or in any closely related process or occupation directly essential to the production thereof, in any State.
Page 135 - retail or service establishment" shall mean an establishment 75 per centum of whose annual dollar volume of sales of goods or services (or of both) is not for resale and is recognized as retail sales or services in the particular industry...